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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Here is an interesting rumor and a potentially large game-changer in the virtual world space. It is rumored at the web site metaverselyspeaking web site that News Corp might be taking over Second Life.

Rumours are rife inside the Lab at the moment of the prospect of a takeover which will see News Corp. adding Second Life to their already wide-spanning media portfolio. The inside scoop is that the new viewer and new user experience had to be rolled out quickly as a condition of any deal, as the potential new owners want to be sure that SL will not suffer from stagnant members, as News Corp. found after their acquisition of MySpace.

So while I haven't seen any official notice or indication that Linden Labs is shopping around Second Life or that anyone is purchasing the product, the rumors do seem to be adding up. Most of the time rumors are based on some shred of truth so...perhaps Linden is shopping around Second Life?

Yes, I've been a victim of an April Fool's prank...good for the prankester but still...the concept is interesting, perhaps an entertainment company may be looking at virtual worlds of a government focused organization. After all, SAIC did purchase Forterra.

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Karl is a professor, consultant, speaker, scholar, and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business operations.
He is author of several books related to the convergence of learning, technology and organizational operations.